Honors English II Agenda 11/30/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.  Distribute Vocabulary and AOW Warm Up-Paraphrase and Questions Review the Objectives and the Essential Questions Visually Review Acts I and 2 Introduce Acting Assignment Complete a Closure Question

Grammar Practice-Identify the Errors in the Following Sentences 1. (A) The other delegates and (B) him (C) immediately accepted the resolution (D)drafted by the neutral states. (E) No error 2. (A) The object of the game of chess is (B) to put the other player’s king (C) in a vulnerable position, so that you can eventually (D) capture them. (E) No error. 3. In the author’s latest novel, the hero (A) traveled to Montana where she finds a (B) mysteriously deserted house and, through a (C) series of misunderstandings, becomes (D) embroiled in and international smuggling ring. (E) No error.

1. (A) The other delegates and (B) him (C) immediately accepted the resolution (D)drafted by the neutral states. (E) No error 2. (A) The object of the game of chess is (B) to put the other player’s king (C) in a vulnerable position, so that you can eventually (D) capture them. (E) No error. 3. In the author’s latest novel, the hero (A) traveled to Montana where she finds a (B) mysteriously deserted house and, through a (C) series of misunderstandings, becomes (D) embroiled in and international smuggling ring. (E) No error.

Honors English II Agenda 12/1/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.  Vocabulary Notes  Paragraph on the Importance of the Scene/SOAPSTONERS Complete Ticket In Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar Practice Continue Working on Acting Assignment Complete a Closure Question

Identify the error in each sentence. 1. Hoping that she will remember the assignment. 2. The meeting seemed to last for hours, nothing was accomplished. 3. Louise projected the photographs on a large screen that she had taken at the zoo. 4. The judge sentenced the man to twenty years in solemn tones. 5. In the winter I usually like skiing and to skate.

Define and Identify the Purpose of the Following: Alliteration Allusion Antagonist Aside Climax Dramatic Irony Dynamic Character Exposition Conflict

Grammar Practice 1. (A) Many biographers (B) had claimed that Samuel Langhorne Clemens (C) changed his name to Mark Twain to echo the riverboat captain’s call ascertaining the safe (D) navigation depth of the Mississippi River. (E) No error 2. (A) After having read numerous diet books, Charles (B) decided that the simplest plan would be the best: eat (C) fewer calories and (D) exercise more. (E) No error 3. A study (A) showed that students prefer writing in pencil (B) more than writing in pen (C) simply because fixing mistakes is (D) less difficult. (E) No error

Grammar Practice 1. (A) Many biographers (B) had claimed that Samuel Langhorne Clemens (C) changed his name to Mark Twain to echo the riverboat captain’s call ascertaining the safe (D) navigation depth of the Mississippi River. (E) No error 2. (A) After having read numerous diet books, Charles (B) decided that the simplest plan would be the best: eat (C) fewer calories and (D) exercise more. (E) No error 3. A study (A) showed that students prefer writing in pencil (B) more than writing in pen (C) simply because fixing mistakes is (D) less difficult. (E) No error

Subject /Verb Agreement Reminders Remember:  Phrases that start as well as…, together with…, along with…, or in addition to… are interrupters, which are not part of the main subjects.  These words are always singular: each, anyone, anybody, anything, another, neither, either, every, everyone, someone, no one, somebody, everything, little, and much.  These words are plural: phenomena, media, data, criteria  All of the following can be either singular or plural, according to the noun that follows: none of, any of, some of, most of, more of, and all of  Verbs that follow subjects of the form (n)either A (n)or B must agree with noun closer to the verb.

Honors English II Agenda 12/2/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.  Director’s Notes Complete Warm-Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar practice Continue Working on the Acting Assignment Complete a Closure Question

Identify the Error in Following: 1. Hoping that she will remember the assignment. 2. The meeting seemed to last for hours, nothing was accomplished. 3. Louise projected the photographs on a large screen that she had taken at the zoo. 4. The judge sentenced the man to twenty years in solemn tones. 5. In the winter I usually like skiing and to skate.

1. Hoping that she will remember the assignment. (fragment) 2. The meeting seemed to last for hours, nothing was accomplished. (comma splice) 3. Louise projected the photographs on a large screen that she had taken at the zoo. (misplace mod) 4. The judge sentenced the man to twenty years in solemn tones. (misplaced mod) 5. In the winter I usually like skiing and to skate. (parallel structure)

Honors English II Agenda 12/3/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.  Rehersal Complete Warm Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Continue to Work on the Acting Assignment Complete a Closure Question

Identify the error in each sentence. 1. The company guaranteed increases of salary and that the working day would be shortened. 2. To think logically is as important to me as calculating accurately. 3. Lenny spied a dog gnawing a bone on his way to school. 4. They were delighted to see a field of daffodils climbing up the hill 5. The meeting seemed to last for hours nothing was accomplished.

1. The company guaranteed increases of salary and that the working day would be shortened. (parallel structure) 2. To think logically is as important to me as calculating accurately. (parallel structure) 3. Lenny spied a dog gnawing a bone on his way to school. (misplaced modifier) 4. They were delighted to see a field of daffodils climbing up the hill. (misplaced modifier) 5. The meeting seemed to last for hours nothing was accomplished. (incorrect punctuation)

Honors English II Agenda 12/4/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.  AOW Review the Daily Objectives Complete Quiz